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[–] [email protected] 216 points 10 months ago (3 children)

He eventually found the executable by Googling for it online and is now part of a botnet.

[–] lowleveldata 55 points 10 months ago

Happy ending then I take it

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then created a GitHub account to post three separate issues complaining about how the project's executable is an obvious Trojan, patting themself on the back for keeping the community safe with their expert sleuthing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

about how the project's executable is an obvious Trojan

Which I bet was only obvious to him when Norton Antivirus told him